Evan Beatty, a local Squamish snowboarder, made a solo descent down the North Gully of the Stawamus Chief on February 3rd, following in the footsteps of a group of skiers who completed a similar run in 2022. Beatty, inspired by the original skiers' achievement, waited for the right snow conditions to attempt the challenging run, which involves rappelling and short snowboarding sections.
What does one typically do after work on a snowy day in Squamish? For most people, the answer is not snowboarding down the Siám' Smánit .
“I've been watching the gully for years, because I can see it from my living room,” Beatty told The Squamish Chief. “In 2022, I think we had consistent snow for about two weeks, compared to this one, where we just had it for one day. So they had better conditions, but honestly, not that dissimilar to what I had, because the gully itself … funnels all the snow that's above into the one slot, so it makes for a really deep kind of gully experience,” he said.
“What the boys did was they kind of went into it, not really knowing much about it. They used a drone to scope it out before, and they brought various tools to get down safely because they had no idea,” Beatty said. “That was the only time that I actually skied during the entire thing, because it was flat, so I put that on my back, and then I just started hiking the main trail,” Beatty said.“At that point, I put some rappel cord around a tree and a ring, and I rappelled into the gully, which was probably only five or seven metres. I could have probably jumped into it, but I was just being cautious.”
“The boys before they actually slung a small little rock and put a ring on it to be able to rappel down. The experience In true snowboarding fashion, Beatty—who has taken part in the recreational activity since 2000—describes the whole experience as “nonchalant.”
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